Basic Information

Reference Number

0000244507

Issuing Organization

VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Owner Organization

VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Solicitation Type

ITT - Invitation to Tender (Formal)

Solicitation Number

202303005

Title

Pre-employment Background Check

Source ID

PP.CO.QC.583475.C109880

Agreement Type

None

Details

Location

Canada, All of Canada, All of Canada

Delivery Point

Canada

Purchase Type

Duration: 3 years
Option: 2 years

DescriptionA - Previous Amendment

VIA Rail Canada Inc. (“VIA”) is looking for the service providers to conduct the pre-employment background check verifications.

In order to submit a tender, the Tenderer must be able to comply with the following mandatory criteria:

1) Service languages
Tenderer must be able to provide services in both Canada’s official languages (French & English)

2) Experience
Tenderer must have a minimum of ten (10) years of proven experience in the field of pre-employment background checks.

3) Physical office location
Tenderer must at least have one (1) office in Canada.

4) Electronic platform (compatible with Windows, iOS and Android systems)
Tenderer must be able to manage & follow requests electronically through a web solution platform.
The Tenderer’s platform is user-friendly and compatible with Windows, iOS and Android systems.

5) The access and rights of all the information
VIA must be able to have the access and the rights of all the information of files and have all the necessary support 7 years following the expiration of contract.

6) Data location & offshoring
The Tenderer must store the data in Canada. And the data must not be transferred, copied, communicated, hosted outside of Canada.
If data is stored in a cloud storage, it must be stored in private cloud only to VIA’s services. Offshoring will not be accepted.

7) VIA’s requirements of Go-Live timeline of the electronic platform
The “go-live” date of the electronic platform must be within a maximum of 14 calendar days after the contract signature.

Please note that all the communications must be sent through soumissions_tenders@viarail.ca

Dates

Publication

2023/04/03 10:56:32 AM EDT

Bid Intent

Optional

Bid Intent Deadline

2023/04/11 11:59:00 AM EDT

Question Acceptance Deadline

2023/04/17 11:59:00 PM EDT

Questions are submitted online

Closing Date

2023/04/28 02:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Shiyao Fei

15148716631

Shiyao_Fei@viarail.ca

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Electronic Bid Submission

Pricing

In attached document

Bid Documents List

Item Name	Description	Mandatory	Limited to 1 file
Bid Documents	Documents defining the proposal	Yes	No
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